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When you consider how difficult it is to get a reduction just right, it is understandable that chefs are wont to throw pots and pans across the room and then go home and hit the bottle. NOM NOM boils the many secrets of a good reduction down to a few easy to follow rules. Like

Spring is here but before you go looking for your sunscreen, hat and bottle of Pimms remember to make the most of the season’s first asparagus harvest. Because when it comes to asparagus, nothing compares… [dropcap]H[/dropcap]eart by heart, step by step, left right left, we’re all gobbled down, like asparagus soldiers…Ok so I may be

Gabriel ponders quick delicious recipes that can be thrown together faster than a bare foot jack rabbit on a hot grill. But a quick easy meal is a moot point if it contains ingredients that require you to drive across town to get or even need you leave the house for that matter… I was

Fats and oils have been given a bad rap over the years. This is unsurprising given the worldwide obesity epidemic and high rates of heart disease. It’s true that some fats can have devastating effects on health. But they are also one of the most nutritional food groups and it may surprise you to know

Tomatoes have the potential to be one of tastiest ingredients out! If you have ever eaten a home grown vine ripened tomato, or just been to Italy where they understand the importance of picking tomatoes only once they have ripened, then you will realise that tomatoes can offer up deliciously wonderful flavour. You will also

There’s no denying that fat is fattening, but deep frying your food need not be much more calorific or unhealthy than your average meal. Learn which best way to fry more healthily… It is pretty hard to deny that frying food is one best cooking methods to produce deliciously scrumptious food. One of the main

Coffee!…have you been sent into a reverie dreaming of rich frothy crema, heady dark smells of over 1000 aroma compounds and the bitter yet complex flavour of earthy acids, nutty noses and sanguine citrus’? Or has the whole topic of your daily caffeine hit left you overwhelmed and tired of the pomp? Coffee can very quickly

The humble beetroot has many benefits – including increasing stamina more than short term exercise can! It is packed full of nutrients and is delicious in a variety of ways – both as a savory or sweet ingredient. Learn why beetroot is an ingredient to relish…or for that matter, roast, grate, ferment, fry, boil or